DIY Pressed Flower Candles
Making your own DIY pressed flower candles is a delightful and fun way to add a personalized touch to your home decor or give as a thoughtful gift to brighten someone's day. Once completed, the end result is a lovely and aromatic candle that is sure to bring joy and a touch of nature into any space. So, grab your favorite blooms, some candles, and get creative with this charming DIY project!
Materials:
Step 2: Arrange the pressed flowers
- Light a tealight candle and let it start to melt, creating a pool of liquid wax. This wax will be the “glue” that holds the pressed flowers on the candle.
While your tealight is burning, set out your pressed flowers and begin to arrange them into a pattern you like.Try to use a combination of colours, flower types and sizes, and greenery.
Step 3: Add the first flower to your candle
- Use tweezers to grab a pressed flower and set it on the side of the pillar candle, near the bottom. Then hold the flower in place with your thumb.
Dip the silicone paintbrush (read more about them below this tutorial!) in the liquid wax of the tealight, being careful to not put the brush in the flame.
Immediately bring your brush over to the flower and spread wax on top of it, connecting it to the pillar candle.
Add more wax over top of the flower until it’s flat against the candle, staying in place on its own.Use swift brush strokes with gentle pressure. If you push too hard the flower will break apart, and if you go too slowly, the wax will harden on the brush.
Step 4: Continue adding dried flowers
- Place a second flower on the candle, next to the first. Try not to add thick layers of wax — just enough to make the flower stick.Use different heights and sizes of flowers.
Continue adding flowers and greenery, working your way around the candle.As you add more flowers you’ll have to periodically peel the wax off of the silicone brush.
Add more flowers around the pillar candle until you get back to the beginning.
Take a look at your candle and add extra flowers into any gaps, or add different layers of flowers to create varied height across the candle.
Your pressed flower candle is complete!